Boreas

Bo·re·as

Gr. Myth. the god of the north wind

Old Poet. the north wind personified

Origin of Boreas

Classical Latin from Gr, north wind; uncertain or unknown; perhaps origin, originally , wind from the mountains from Indo-European base an unverified form gwer-, mountain from source Old Church Slavonic gora, mountain

Boreas

noun

Greek Mythology The god of the north wind.

boreas The north wind.

Origin of Boreas

Middle English from Latin Boreāsfrom Greek fromboreioscoming from the north

Sentence Examples

Accordingly, when the Harpies appeared as usual to carry off the food from Phineus's table, they were driven off and pursued by Calais and Zetes, the sons of Boreas, as far as the Strophades islands in the Aegean.

But when the legend became common property, other and better-known heroes were added to their number - Orpheus, Castor and Polydeuces (Pollux), Zetes and Calais, the winged sons of Boreas, Meleager, Theseus, Heracles.

This was done by the winged sons of Boreas, and Phineus now told them their course, and that the way to pass through the Symplegades or Cyanean rocks - two cliffs which moved on their bases and crushed whatever sought to pass - was first to fly a pigeon through, and when the cliffs, having closed on the pigeon, began to retire to each side, to row the "Argo" swiftly through.

ZEPHYRUS, in Greek mythology, the west wind (whence the English "zephyr," a light breeze), brother of Boreas, the north wind, and son of the Titan Astraeus and Eos, the dawn.

In works of art Boreas was represented as bearded, powerful, draped against cold, and winged.